BANGOR — Ryan Bernstein and Ilker Er each scored 12 points and Maine held on to beat Holy Cross 55-53 on Wednesday night.

Er hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Black Bears (3-6) a 50-39 lead but Holy Cross scored the next six points.

Karl Charles sank an open 3-pointer to pull Holy Cross (3-6) within 54-52 with 1:06 left and he blocked a shot on the other end. After a timeout, Charles missed an open layup and Maine forward Andrew Fleming hit 1 of 2 free throws with 17.1 seconds left for a three-point lead.

Holy Cross forward Malachi Alexander air-balled a 3-pointer but Maine’s Marko Pirovic missed the front end of a one-and-one with five seconds left to give the Crusaders another chance. Robert Champion hit the first of two free throws with 2.6 seconds left and intentionally missed the second, but it went out of bounds.

BATES 74, BOWDOIN 60: Marcus Delpeche scored 25 points, Malcolm Delpeche had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Bobcats (5-2) rode an early lead to a win over Bowdoin (4-3) in a nonconference game at Lewiston.

Malcolm Delpeche blocked one shot to bring his career total to 127 blocks, tied for the most in team history.

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Jack Bors scored 16 points for the Polar Bears.

UM-PRESQUE ISLE 64, COLBY 64: Derek Healy sank the winning jumper with 13 seconds remaining, and the Owls (3-4) rallied from an eight-point deficit in the final 10 minutes to beat the Mules (4-4) at Presque Isle.

Healy finished with 31 points. Patrick Stewart had 22 points and eight rebounds for Colby.

(6) KENTUCKY 87, VALPARAISO 63: Bam Adebayo scored 16 points, Malik Monk added 15 and the Wildcats (8-1) scored 21 straight points during a first-half run in a win over Valparaiso (7-2) at Lexington, Kentucky.

Needing to rebound after Saturday’s upset by then-No. 11 UCLA, Kentucky turned a 4-all tie into a 29-9 lead behind that big run over 8:51, holding the Crusaders scoreless for 7 minutes during that stretch.

(11) LOUISVILLE 74, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 51: Mangok Mathiang scored 15 points to lead host Louisville (8-1) past Southern Illinois (5-4).

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The 6-foot-10 senior got the Cardinals off to a hot start as he scored the team’s first seven points, and Louisville settled in from there, extending the lead to 21-4 in the game’s first 8 minutes.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MAINE 68, NORTHEASTERN 49: Sigi Koizar scored all of her 14 points in the first half to help the Black Bears (4-5) open a 37-22 lead over Northeastern (2-7) at Bangor.

Laia Sole led Maine with 16 points, including 10 in the first half. Julie Brosseau added 11.


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